This hero refuses to abandon the orphans in the virus storm

08 April 2020 - 07:00
By Leonie Wagner
Volunteer Jarrod Gallon is taking care of 30 children during the lockdown.
Image: Alaister Russell Volunteer Jarrod Gallon is taking care of 30 children during the lockdown.

On his 20th birthday, the day the lockdown was announced, Jarrod Gallon could have left his post at a Joburg orphanage.

But he chose to stay with the 30 kids in his care, because ‘they need me more than I need to be comfortable at home’.

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